The workplace lifting process is best accomplished with an appropriate and specialized hoisting device. Basic factors affecting the lifting process are: Payload (weight of the object being lifted), Frequency (number of the lifts per day), Distance, Direction, Speed (feet per minute), and the Power source (electrical, pneumatic, or manual). Safe ergonomic lifting has become a major focus in the workplace; reducing accidents, risk of injury, lost time, litigation, product damages and inefficiencies due to repetitive lifting.

Used for reeling and adjusting tension, winches can range from simple mechanical systems to highly sophisticated components. For industrial applications, winches are featured as pneumatic and hydraulic varieties, and are made to be highly enduring and reliable to suit a wide range of operational demands.

As the borough with the largest area, Queens represents a large proportion of sites that require quality services of repair, rental, inspection, certification, installation, customization, preventative maintenance, and efficiency auditing of capital equipment.